You enter and maintain contracts in the Contracts window.

   To enter a new contract:

1. Set your effective date to the start date of the contract.

2. Enter the reference code for the contract. The code for each contract attached to a person must be different, though more than one person can use the same contract reference code.

3. Select the status that indicates the contract is active. The period of service dates will also be displayed if a corresponding period of service exists.

   See: Creating Contract Statuses

4. Select the contract type.

5. Select the status of the contract, such as pending, opened, printed and so on. You must set up document statuses using the user extensible Lookup Type DOCUMENT_STATUS. Enter the date the document status of the contract changed.

   Note: The document status is not DateTracked.

6. You can enter any remaining information relating to the contract such as start reason, duration, or contractual job title.